ESA astronaut reserve completes training programme
ESA’s astronaut reserve members have completed their Astronaut Reserve Training (ART) programme, marking a key milestone in Europe’s human spaceflight ambitions.
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Landing sideways
Video: 00:00:27 A large boulder, a treacherous crater or a gust of wind could jeopardise a smooth landing on Mars. Before the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission launches for the Red Planet in 2028, a replica of the landing platform wen
A Lyrid meteor from orbit
Image: The Expedition 74 crew on the International Space Station turned into meteor chasers as Earth passed through a cloud of dust and small debris left behind by comet Thatcher in 1861. Each year in mid-April, as some of these fragments e
Sensitive and sturdy
Image: Sensitive and sturdy
The great parachute bake-out
Image: The great parachute bake-out
Baking a parachute for Mars
Video: 00:02:02 Watch ESA’s Mars chief engineer Albert Haldemann explain the sterilisation process of one of the parachutes of the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission and why it matters. Carefully wrapped inside a donut-shaped bag is a
A Saturday‑night dinner onboard the International Space Station
Video: 00:00:46 After an intense few weeks the crew took time to celebrate together with a shared meal proposed by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot. It’s a long‑standing tradition: each ESA astronaut works with a chef to create a few special dis
Everyday operations in orbit: toilet maintenance
Video: 00:00:37 In this timelapse, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot performs routine maintenance on the Waste and Hygiene Compartment, or WHC – the ISS toilet system. She is replacing the full solid-waste container in which solid waste is vacuum
SOLIS100 isolation study begins in Germany
Six volunteers have stepped into a sealed habitat in Cologne, Germany, marking the start of SOLIS100, a new human isolation study led by the European Space Agency (ESA) and conducted by the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
Just opened: five tonnes of science and supplies
Image: ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway, Jessica Meir and Chris Williams take a moment to capture the occasion as they first open the Cygnus NG‑24 cargo spacecraft after its installation on the International Spa
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